A Little Fishing, A Little NC History
Last Friday was the husband’s day off and the last day of my son’s 1-week Spring Break off so we decided to check out a place called Howell Woods. It has a few ponds for fishing, a small place with owls, snakes, and turtles, a HUGE area to walk around in to enjoy the nature pretty much. Other activities like horseback riding, camping, geocaching and hunting can be done as well. No golfing though so you probably won’t see custom printed golf balls during a long hiking trek.
After that, went to a small place to educate ourselves about the civil war in North Carolina. It was really cool to see 100+ years old stuff that were they used during those times. I wanted so bad to enter the Harper’s House which is 200 years old but it didn’t open at the time it said it will open. We’ll just go back to it sometime coz we were told there are a lot of exhibits inside the house that would tell more stories. It would be really cool to see all of that.
Meanwhile, check out our picture from the family day…
Saturday’s Dinner. This Is Life
They never had the chance, heh. I got the Spinach & Feta pizza for free from Domino’s Facebook promo. It’s pretty good. I’ll have to write more about it in my foodblog next week. Since I only got 1 free pizza and judging by the pictures and TV commercials I knew the pizza is really not that big, I made pork lo mein to go with it. Here’s a recipe of a beef version of the lo mein. Just replace beef with pork, and use baby carrots instead of broccoli, and add napa cabbage instead of shitake mushrooms.
For dessert, I made flan(no cream cheese). Bear in mind, I made it early on today to cool in the fridge for hours in time for after dinner dessert. Flan is always better after spending time in the fridge.
So what’s your Saturday Dinner?
I Love Winning An Argument, Don’t You?
It feels really good to win an argument. Especially an argument with someone who’s got a one-track mind most of the time. And someone as feisty as I am. It is such an accomplishment in my daily mundane life. Winning makes me feel like I’m worth every breath I take on this earth. Like the tuna-popcorn argument I had with my feisty daughter.
Ems: Mommy, tuna sandwich and popcorn.
Mom: Just tuna sandwich for lunch.
Ems: NO, tuna sandwich and popcorn, pleaassee..
Mom: STAR tuna sandwich.
Ems: STAR tuna sandwich??
Mom: YUP
Ems: 
POINT 1 goes to Mommy!
Our Easter Sunday 2012
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Sunday. We had a great one in the family. We got up at 7am so we’d make it on time for the 9:30am Church service. It was one of the few times we were actually early for Church. I mean early like we stayed in the car at the parking lot too early. We weren’t rushing like we used to, haha. Progress baby, progress.
After Church, we went home then the kids got their Easter baskets. After a few minutes I gathered everyone outside for Easter Sunday pictures to send my mother-in-law. Since we were all in our Sunday’s best, I told everyone to take a few seconds to smile for Nanny. Then after that, I got the pot roast set up in the crock-pot for our Easter dinner while Daddy scattered the eggs around the yard. I kinda went overboard with the eggs that he almost ran out of place to hide them. Then we went out to hunt the eggs. By God’s graces, we were able to find all the eggs. Then we all got chocolate-coma. Those Cadbury eggs are soooo good. I love those. We also ate some of the dyed boiled eggs that Emma and I made on Saturday night. I can’t remember anything else after that coz I fell asleep in the couch. I woke up just in time for dinner.
Gosh Darn It, Where’s The Purple?
We had a bit of a setback here. I didn’t think those eggs were ever going to be dyed tonight and for the love of colorful eggs, how could I have not known that there were no purple tablet in the kit? She’s in a purple fix right now so purple this purple that, “Daddy, where’s my purple crayon”.. purple purple purple.
That’s why her nose in those pictures is too red. She just had to have a breakdown for 30 minutes before we could start. Sure why not. It’s not like I was going anywhere anyway…
What To Give A 14 Yr Old?
My son is tuning 14 this coming 25th of April. My husband asked me yesterday what we should get him for gifts. We actually have something hiding right that we know he’s going to go bananas for. We just want to get him another item. I mean, the kid has an iPod which he got for Christmas. We just gave him a $15 iTunes card the other day as part of his Easter gift. He already has Nintendo DS which he got in 2010 for Christmas. I can’t even think of games right now that he could play in it. The thing is, his sister is pretty much the one playing with it now since he’s got iPod. He’s got a computer. Books?, he’s got plenty. I’m thinking of 2 things right now. A cellphone is a cool gift. Most probably a pre-paid one from Virgin Mobile, or one of those tablets for his graphics. So it’s either those two and a birthday cake, 
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Bring On The Spring!!
I took that picture of the tree upfront for my Instagram a couple of weeks ago. It is definitely Spring around here. Although it has been a rainy and thunderous 3 days, the weather has been really good over all. And we survived another leafy fall and winter here in NC. It didn’t even snow at all. There were just so many leaves in the ground that my son broke the rake at one point. At least we didn’t need a Leaf Defier though. So yes, I welcome Spring with all my heart, allergies and all. I’ll survive the allergies the same way I’ve survived them through out the years. Bring on those beautiful flowers.
Sore Yet Energized
Day 3 of my Insanity and Turbo Fire hybrid. Every muscle ache I feel reminds me of why I can never complete a full 9 months hybrid of these programs. If I make it to day 5 I am soooo going to celebrate. If, I can get up to walk of course, Haha. I’m really not complaining though. Seriously, I’m so energized that I’m telling myself to slow down. During workout, I amaze myself at how good I’m doing the moves. I’ve always wondered how even through soreness from Insanity, the more you move the better you feel. When I think I couldn’t possibly do 1 more power jump, I end up doing another set of 8. I’m working this hard so I can shop for that very sexy lingerie, truth be told, Hehe! Most importantly, staying healthy for my children. I want to be alive and healthy to see them get married, have their own children, and to experience a different kind of muscle ache . That’s the purpose of my fitness nowadays. Well you know, it wouldn’t hurt to look good in all the cute dresses, shorts, and swimsuits this Summer. BAMM!
